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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-national-curriculum-exceptions-at-key-stage-4-england-regulations-2000/regulation-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2000/1140",
  "legislation_title": "The Education (National Curriculum) (Exceptions at Key Stage 4) (England) Regulations 2000",
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  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations—\n“the Act” means the Education Act 1996;\n“approved qualification” means a qualification approved under section 400 of the Act;\n“curriculum plan” has the meaning given by regulation 4;\n“induction programme” means a programme to prepare a pupil for his extended work-related learning programme;\n“key skills” has the meaning given by regulation 5;\n“Key Stage 4” is to be construed in accordance with section 355(1) of the Act;\n“maintained school” means a community, foundation or voluntary school or a community or foundation special school;\n“the QCA” means the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority;\n“school”, in relation to any pupil, means the school at which he is registered under section 434 of the Act; and\n“extended work-related learning programme” has the meaning given by regulation 6.\n(2) In these Regulations references to the head teacher include references to a person nominated by him.\n(3) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, a reference to a numbered regulation is a reference to a regulation in these Regulations so numbered and any reference to a paragraph is to a paragraph of the regulations in which the reference is made and any reference to a sub-paragraph is a reference to a sub-paragraph of the paragraph in which the reference is made.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words omitted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2002/2048",
      "affecting_title": "The Education (National Curriculum) (Exceptions at Key Stage 4) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2002"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2002/2048",
      "affecting_title": "The Education (National Curriculum) (Exceptions at Key Stage 4) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2002"
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1140/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:11:52.941272+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}